The best way I can explain it, in somewhat conceptual terms, is there is a gap in preceding each thought and sensation. This "gap" can be thought of a reservoir of infinite potentialities, or the "mind flowing without dwelling on anything". By practicing Shikantaza more and more often, the gap can be "tacitly apprehended", and then you see how what "you" thought yourself to be is merely the All that flows with everything, including the rivers, chirping of the birds, the breeze, and more. This gap is the original face, or the original mind, that is akin to the stillness of the pond reflecting the moon or reflecting everything -- it is the entire Universe as a brilliant pearl, but it is formless and cannot truly be categorized with thought or cognition.
One's true nature includes both what is hated and loved, both the "Other" and the "Subject", and other opposites that interpenetrate. One can view this in either an embracing or melancholic way -- but there are times when not even that.
As the uninhabited space opens up, a sense of boundlessness and immersion in daily task presents itself, and you actually experience the differences in each moment more strongly, like eating an orange.
Submitted December 17, 2017 at 06:11AM by CatsInAllDirections http://ift.tt/2oqzkxZ
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